empyrean (en)

(adjective) empyreal / (noun) the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light / (noun) the true and ultimate heavenly paradise / (noun) firmament heavens / (noun) an ideal place or state

equanimity (en)

calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation

equipoise (en)

(noun) a state of equilibrium / (noun) counterbalance / (verb) to serve as an equipoise to / (verb) to put or hold in equipoise

eschatology (en)

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

espalier (en)

(noun) a plant (as a fruit tree) trained to grow flat against a support (as a wall) / (noun) a railing or trellis on which fruit trees or shrubs are trained to grow flat / (verb) to train as an espalier / (verb) to furnish with an espalier

etiolated (en)

(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light; having lost vigour or substance; feeble

fractious (en)

difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome

frisson (en)

(noun) a brief moment of emotional excitement; shudder thrill

genuflect (en)

to bend the knee; to be humbly obedient or respectful

Georges Perec (en)

a French experimental novelist; many of his works deal with absence, loss, and identity, often through word play

gloaming (en)

(noun) twilight; dusk

hagiography (en)

relating to the writing of the lives of saints; (derogatory) adulatory writing about another person

hermeneutic (en)

the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts

hermetic (en)

(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight

imbricated (en)

arranged (scales, sepals, plates, etc.) so that they overlap like roof tiles

immanence (en)

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

inchoate (en)

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

indelibly (en)

in a way that cannot be removed or forgotten

ineffable (en)

(adjective) incapable of being expressed in words; indescribable / (adjective) unspeakable / (adjective) not to be uttered; taboo

ineluctable (en)

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

inimical (en)

(adj) hostile, obstructive

inter alia (la)

among other things

internecine (en)

(adjective) marked by slaughter; deadly / (adjective) mutually destructive / (adjective) of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group

interstice (en)

(noun) an intervening space

involuted (en)

complicated; abstruse; curled inwards